Fox News reported that former President Carter will be visiting Syria in mid-April. While Carter's press secretary Deanna Congileo will not confirm any meetings during Carter's stay in Syria, Al-Hayat, an Arabic-Language newspaper reported that Carter will be meeting with Khaled Meshal. Meshal is the exhiled head of Hamas who directs the terrorist group from Damascus. Some say that he is responsible for the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Ibrahim Hooper, communications director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says that Carter "has a great amount of credibility in the region...". Yeah, he has a great amount of credibility because he often sympathizes with the Palestinian terrorists. He should care more about the security of the American people. Carter is among the looniest left wingers in America! Remember, he was the one who sat on his rear-end while Americans were being held hostage in Iran for over a year. Not until President Reagan took office were the hostages released!
Now Congileo won't confirm any meetings during his trip, so maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt. However, if he does meet with this Meshal, then he is legitimizing him and his terror organization.
Am I being too harsh with the former President? Well, let's see what others are saying.
“It’s about par for the course from President
Carter, demonstrating a lack of judgment typical of what he does," said
John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. "To go to
Syria to visit Hamas at this point is just an ill-timed, ill-advised
decision on his part. When you put the prestige of a former president
of the United States in a meeting with one of its terrorist leaders,
you’re giving it a legitimacy and currency it never had,” said Bolton.
“I’m not surprised that Carter would do this, as
he has been supporting Palestinian extremism for many years,” said
Steve Emerson, director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, a
watchdog group. “I think this [visit] undermines the U.S. policy
of isolating Hamas,” said Emerson. “I think this encourages Europeans
to further dilute their sanctions against the Hamas government.”
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